Russian President Vladimir Putin gave this Wednesday, December 21, 2022 a speech to present the military strategy for 2023.
The Russian fleet will be equipped from the beginning of January with new Zircon cruise hypersonic missiles, Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday.
According to him, this is a weapon that belongs to the new family of armaments developed in recent years by Moscow.
“At the beginning of January, the admiral Gorchkov frigate will be in service with new Zircon missiles, which have no equivalent in the world,” said Putin, at a meeting with military officials.
“We will continue to maintain and improve the combat preparation of our nuclear triad,” he added.
For his part, the Russian Minister of Defense, Sergei Choïgou, said, “In Ukraine, the Russian soldiers oppose the combined forces of the West”. Because of his financial support and his arms deliveries to kyiv.
